Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-01-22
A BUREAU FOR PUFFS.
HOW PEOPLE ARE SUPPLIED WITH NEWS ABOUT THEMSELVES. N

Authors, Actors and Statesmen Paying
 Men to Read for Them-GouId. Field
 and vanderbilt-Laws and Statistics. Some Curious Orders.
 Every editor knows the man whose at tention has just been called to an article m the paper He is very numerous Doubtless editors have long wondered if there were not some people in the world Who devoted their time to calling the at tentiOn of other people to newspaper articles. Perhaps this first suggested to New York journalist the idea of estab- fishing bureau for the accommodation of persons who desire Co have their atten- tOn called to what the newspapers say about them At all events he did start Q such concern and it Is now running in full blast. He employed men To read the papers, for folks who don't hRye a very high opinion of the press never look at the papers and don't care what the papers say about them, and these men keep lot of boys on the jump all day pasting and mailing the clippings. The list of subscribers Is long and includes people in every profession and line of business. The bureau receives all the daily, weekly and monthly publications of this country and the principal papers of foreign countries, and the readers go through about 1000 every day.
 ACTORS AND AUTHORS.
 Actors, of course, are patrons of the bureau, and although they are nOtOriously vain their vanity has business side. Newspaper fame is part of their stock in trade, and notices have an actual value to them. The more an actor is talked about the better his chances of getting engagements. And then an actor wants to know what the critics say of his work in order tO be able to correct his faults. If he brings out a new play it is important that he should know how it is received. Artists, who are peculiarly sensitive to criticism, want all the notice of their pie lures and information about sales exhibi- tiOns, galleries and new collections. Authors are liberal patrons fthe bureau. Some of them want personal notices and criticisms, but most of them want articles on topics useful to them in compiling new books
 A great many congressman discover through the bureau how their votes, speeches and bills have affected public opinion in their districts.s Foreign minis ters get important information about the countries tO which they are accredited, trade relations, etc. During the Cutting imbrOgliO, Senor Don Romero, Mexican minister, was supplied with l, SEQ articles on the affair, and so obtained a complete epitOme of American English and French newspaper opinions which were very valu- able to him. The civil service commis- sion is a good customer and gets much in .H- ~ gratifying nature.
 Jay Gould Is profoundly indifferent to newspaper talk and hasn't the slightest desire to see what is said about him. But his partner, Washington F.. COnnOr, is a subscriber, and if the little king of Wall street does not know everything that is said by the press and public speakers about him and his doings it Is because he can't read Cyrus W. Field has his atten- ton called to articles that interest him and doubtless has accumulated a mass of valuable information about movements, revolutionary history, dynamite and patriotism. When William II. Wander bilt died the bureau furnished tO the family 5,OO0 obituaries and editorials On the millionaire, and, strange tO say, there were no rough or i'll nRtured ones in the lot, which must have been pleasant sur prise tO the family.
 LAWS AND STATISTICS.
 City, state and national departments are supplied with decisions. new laws, statistics, comments, etc, and legal re- ports and other matters relating tO prac- tice are furnished to a long list of law yers. Railway corporations are supposed Co be impervious to public opinion, but sNs books for newspaper attacks, ' lcgisla- ton and everything affecting the railroad business. With most of the subscribers it is pure business. Manufacturers, con tractors and builders want to know where work in their line is contemplated and what improvements are made in methods of doing work A wine dealer wants tO know in advance about big gatherings, like Odd Fellows conventions, public banquets, swell receptions and weddings, so that he may get in ahead of other deal- CTS and supply the champagne. If the king of DahOmey thinks of recognizing his army some manufacturer of rifles wants to hear about it in time tO send an agent over there with samples Of guns.
 After the Charleston earthquake Mai Powell, of the United States geological | survey, wrote to the bureau: "Clip all | criticisms, theories and opinions of value touching the recent earthquake" Two other subscribers, one a famous RstrOnO- mer, telecraphed to the bureau tO add 'earthquake theories" tO their previous ! orders, and Q queer collection Of cEankisms he must have got. One subscriber wanted | all death notices promptly, and located l himself near the bureau tO get them as soon as printed in city papers As soon as he got a death notice he would rush around and try tO sell a new kind of 1 mourning card to the bereaved relatives. | An enterprising undertaken also sub | scribes for death notices.
 SOME CURIOUS ORDERS.
 The bureau gets some very curious orders, of which the following are ,N- amples: Curious surgical operations, 'The intelligence of dogs" Fashion l articles describing new dresses On the l stage or at balls, or describing the styles | of new buttons introduced, 70 Bank rob l berries, ," "FOrgcries. " "SOcialistic fomCn- tations which may lead tO riots, ' All | libel suits, " Appearance of cholera and | contagious diseases Utah legislation | and Mormonism," Large forest fires, " "Wo mans suffrage" Love, courtship | and marriage, Engagements of promi- | ncnt iociety people, Liquor traffic ou the Congo and Niger or any part Of | Africa, % Impure water supply of cities | and towns Railway development iu | China Chess n Precious stones. ' "Water filtration" Amateur acting, "Dartholdi's Liberty" "COnundrums and "Gfindstones."
 Such a bureau is the whispering gallery | of journalism. The obscure country paper | edifes its readers with a aslashing editorial | on grinding railway monOpclists, and | when the editor takes his summer voca ton and writes to the superintendent Ofa | big road for pass all over the country he wonders why he doesn't get it The cN- | planation is that the president Ot that roal | has had his attention called tOcyerythin- | said about his company in the public York Cor. Philadelphia Times.